Is he mad?

[daviejones]

No .. nor is it acceptable behaviour for us to behead people for infidelity... but it happens in other countries.
I'm curious why people think we can impose our values onto other cultures, who are we to say what is right or wrong?

But you have already called it unacceptable behaviour...is that not imposing values?

[meridian]

We did it 200 years ago at Tyburn, before we reached the enlightenment we currently enjoy...

[Troll]

But you have already called it unacceptable behaviour...is that not imposing values?

Hmmm,,,,don't recall saying that!!

[daviejones]

We did it 200 years ago at Tyburn, before we reached the enlightenment we currently enjoy...

Exactly...and now we see it as wrong....

[daviejones]

[QUOTE=Troll;307084]No .. nor is it acceptable behaviour for us to behead people for infidelity... QUOTE]

Is this not saying that you find beheading people for infidelity unacceptable?

[TheFaQQer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/7010962.stm

"You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated," Mr Bollinger told Mr Ahmadinejad, referring to his denial of the Holocaust.

The man is a top class lunatic......

To whom are you referring - President Ahmadinejad or Mr Bollinger?

[daviejones]

To whom are you referring - President Ahmadinejad or Mr Bollinger?

I would have thought it obvious..

[Troll]

[QUOTE=daviejones;307093]

No .. nor is it acceptable behaviour for us to behead people for infidelity... QUOTE]

Is this not saying that you find beheading people for infidelity unacceptable?

I personally find it unacceptable and Western civilisation also finds it unacceptable... but unless you want to re impose colonial rule you will have to accept that others have different views on the subject.
You can hope that over time a more enlightened attitude evolves, but Islamic civilisation IMHO is several centuries behind Western in terms of human rights,
unless of course you would propose a regime change and an imposition of a Westernised value system ...

[TheFaQQer]

I would have thought it obvious..

I would assume that you meant Mr Bollinger, then - although I'm not sure that he classes as a lunatic. Incredibly rude, certainly, but I would hope that one does not become the head of a university by being a lunatic.

[Troll]

I would assume that you meant Mr Bollinger, then - although I'm not sure that he classes as a lunatic. Incredibly rude, certainly, but I would hope that one does not become the head of a university by being a lunatic.

It came across as very bad manners, not sure what he hoped to achieve